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Archives for September 2022

Sheriff’s Dept. receives $75,000 grant to combat alcohol-related crimes

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By SDCN Staff San Diego County, CA–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to combat alcohol-related crimes.  The grant is one of several awarded in California to local law enforcement agencies through ABC’s Alcohol Policing Partnership (APP) Program. The grants strengthen […]

Carlsbad police seek witnesses in e-bike collision in Carlsbad

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By Gina Yarbrough Carlsbad, CA–The Carlsbad Police Department is seeking witnesses of an electric bike collision that injured a 61-year-old female rider in Carlsbad on Wednesday.  Officers and Carlsbad Fire Department personnel responded to a 5:25 p.m. report of a bicyclist down near the intersection of Carlsbad Boulevard and Breakwater Road. They located an unconscious […]

Man arrested for assault with a deadly weapon on police officer

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By Gina Yarbrough El Cajon, CA–A man currently on probation for assault with a deadly weapon was arrested Wednesday morning for an alleged assault on an El Cajon police officer, authorities said. In response to recent narcotic activity, El Cajon Police officers were conducting enforcement at around 10:20 a.m. near the Travelodge motel at 425 […]

County board votes to create Rental Subsidy Program for low-income seniors

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By County News Center San Diego, CA–The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to establish a rental subsidy pilot program for seniors who are at risk of becoming homeless. The Pilot Shallow Rental Subsidy Program will provide a monthly rental subsidy of $500, paid directly to the landlord of a low-income senior San Diegan. Each […]

Gov. Newsom signs legislation to protect animal welfare

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By SDCN Staff Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom Monday announced that he has signed several measures to advance animal welfare in California, including SB 879 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), which ends unnecessary toxicological testing on dogs and cats. “For many families, including my own, pets are beloved companions that enrich our lives every day,” […]

Promoter of foreign cryptocurrency company sentenced to prison for fraud scheme

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By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–A Los Angeles man was sentenced in federal court on September 16 to 38­ months in prison for his participation in BitConnect, a massive fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme, which defrauded thousands of investors from the United States and abroad. According to court documents, Glenn Arcaro, 44, conspired with others to […]

Structure fire at La Mesa apartment complex displaces 30 people

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By Gina Yarbrough La Mesa, CA–About 30 people were displaced after a structure fire broke out Monday night at an apartment complex in East County, fire officials said. Heartland Fire and Rescue, San Diego Fire Department, San Miguel Fire and Rescue, American Medical Response, and La Mesa Police Department responded to the blaze just after […]

NASA’s DART mission slams into asteroid in first-ever planetary defense test

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After 10 months of flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space. Mission control at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, announced the successful […]

Brandon Nakashima, Marcos Giron book all-CA San Diego Open final

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By Richard Osborn San Diego, CA–It’s only fitting that the San Diego Open ATP 250 should come down to a battle between two Californians: one a hometown favorite, who came of age on these very same Barnes Tennis Center courts; the other who made a name for himself just up the I-5 at UCLA, where […]

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